The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.12

v4.c19.12

In the campaign that ensued, Shujāʿ was hopelessly inferior on land, his regular troops having shrunk to 5000 men, while Mīr Jumla's army was five times as large and man for man superior in fighting capacity. But the imperialists were a purely land force, with few pieces of cannon and not a single boat for operations in this land of waterways. On the other hand, Shujāʿ had an artillery of big guns admirably served by European and half-breed gunners, and the entire flotilla (*navvāra*) of Bengal was at his disposal, which gave wonderful mobility to his army and multiplied its striking force, while the lack of boats at first paralysed Mīr Jumla's efforts.